SAN JACINTO, July 14 -- A total of 254,707 farmers and fishers out of the 318,942 targeted beneficiaries in the Ilocos Region have received cash assistance under the Presidential Assistance for Farmers and Fisherfolk (PAFF) Program.

Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region (DA-1) project evaluation officer Milagros Dela Rosa said in a forum Tuesday that 119,869 have received assistance as of July 13, out of 145,183 validated beneficiaries in Pangasinan. I

n La Union, 45,830 out of 46,566 received assistance; in Ilocos Sur, 69,856 out of the validated 71,805 were completed; and in Ilocos Norte, 19,152 out of 55,388 beneficiaries were processed, she said.

Each qualified beneficiary received PHP2,325.

"So, we still have the remaining or u...